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I heard of such a thing like a box or a media player such thing that can connect wirelessly to stream movies from my laptop?

Is there such a thing that can do it? How is the latency on it? I have fast internet so that's not an issue, or is there such a box that connects with Bluetooth for better connection?

I need these box to also be able to browse the internet because I'd like to stream movies from YouTube. I have heard of a thing called boxee, but is that what I'm looking for?

I have windows 7 as my os, with an HDMI out and a GPU with a 555m. My laptop is powerful enough and my internet is 25mbps with a cap of 150GB.

All i would really like to know is what this device is called? A media box?

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If your TV has wifi/ethernet ability and supports DLNA (or "AllShare" if you have a new Samsung TV). Then you can open media file in Windows Media Player and choose "Play to" and then choose your TV.

The "Play to" menu allows you to send the media file to your TV.

Bluetooth would likely not support the throughput required for high quality media streaming.

You can always setup a Windows Media Center PC and hook it up to the TV. But as I said, if your TV supports DLNA then you can stream over the network. That doesn't really solve the YouTube part though.

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Uhmm. I do have a samsung TV but its not super new, maybe a year or two. I'll check it out if it supports DLNA or "allshare". I have a question about the "play to" option. I don't see when I right click on any media, does this option only appear once I get a hook up to the tv? – Robsta Sep 6 '11 at 18:34
I've added a screenshot to my answer. It is done from within Windows Media Player. If you include your TV model, I could be of better assistance. Also, I'm talking about Windows 7 here, not sure about older versions. – Josh M. Sep 6 '11 at 19:49
Thank you! That helped me quite a a lot. :D – Robsta Sep 9 '11 at 13:21
Cool. Also if you have a Samsung SmartTV (TV or Bluray player), that means you can install apps (such as YouTube, Netflix, etc.) See if your remote has a "Smart Hub" button. – Josh M. Sep 9 '11 at 14:27
No, it's not that new :P I wish. :/ – Robsta Sep 9 '11 at 14:37
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